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This year, like every year thus far, Dogster is a proud sponsor of the Barkworld Expo, one of the biggest and best social “petworking” conferences out there. Last year, our founder, Ted Rheingold, was a keynote speaker, and while our staffers are unable to make it to Atlanta this October, we’d love YOU to be there. So we’re hooking 20 Dogster readers up with free tickets to the three-day event!

So, how do you get your paws on a ticket (a $149 value)? Simply leave a comment below telling us why you’d like to attend. PLEASE make sure there’s an e-mail address attached to your Disqus account, or we’ll be unable to contact you.

We’re covering just the conference registration, not the airfare (ha, if only), but we hope our lovely Georgia Dogsters can make it out, as well as readers in the surrounding areas (or, hey, anyone willing to fly in).

Why should you want to go? The keynote lineup includes representatives from Twitter, the ASPCA, Meetup.com, and the director of HBO’s Madonna of the Mills. Festivities include a Howl-o-Ween party sponsored by Petco and morning yoga with your dog. The full schedule, posted here, makes us wish we could get to Atlanta this year. Barkworld just keeps getting bigger and better.

P.S. We’ve given tickets away every year that the conference has been running, and if you already won tickets in a previous year, we ask that you please refrain from entering to give a chance to others. Thanks, guys!